AIN'T LIVIN' LONG LIKE THIS
(Rodney Crowell)
Emmylou Harris


I looked for trouble and found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's
gun
I'd try to run but I don't think I can

If I move I'm a dead man

Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I
baby
He slipped the cuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steel rail
rack
They got `em all in the jailhouse don't
they baby
I ain't livin' long like this
Can't live at all like this can I
baby

Grew up in Houston off a wayside drive
Son of a carhop in an all-night dive
He drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember is a drunk man's breath
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I
baby

We know the story how the wheel goes
`round
Don't let `em take you to the man
downtown
I can't sleep at all in the jailhouse can
I baby
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I
baby

I live for Angel she's the roadhouse
queen
Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but I don't know how

I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I
baby

You know the story `bout the jailhouse
rock
Go on and do it just don't get caught
They got `em all in the jailhouse don't
they baby
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I
baby

Ain't livin' long like this
I swear I can't live at all like this can I baby
Oh baby
Take it home for me
Ain't livin' long like this am I baby



(Contributed by Andy Edgar - November 2002)